Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection
Serum sickness is an allergic reaction that frequently occurs in patients after the injection of foreign protein or serum. It is characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints. In this case, we describe a case of 6-year-old girl who developed a rash and arthralgia after...
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| author | Saja alhawal Manar Aldarwish Zainab Almoosa |
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| description | Serum sickness is an allergic reaction that frequently occurs in patients after the injection of foreign protein or serum. It is characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints. In this case, we describe a case of 6-year-old girl who developed a rash and arthralgia after being vaccinated with tetanus toxoid injection after a cut wound. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f4e36c986cff4eda8776efe5a11f044f2025-02-03T06:07:40ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66809796680979Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid InjectionSaja alhawal0Manar Aldarwish1Zainab Almoosa2Department of Paediatrics, King Abdulaziz Hospital for National Guard, Alahsa, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Paediatrics, King Abdulaziz Hospital for National Guard, Alahsa, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Paediatrics Infectious Diseases, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Alahsa, Saudi ArabiaSerum sickness is an allergic reaction that frequently occurs in patients after the injection of foreign protein or serum. It is characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints. In this case, we describe a case of 6-year-old girl who developed a rash and arthralgia after being vaccinated with tetanus toxoid injection after a cut wound.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6680979 |
| spellingShingle | Saja alhawal Manar Aldarwish Zainab Almoosa Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection |
| title_full | Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection |
| title_fullStr | Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection |
| title_short | Serum Sickness following Tetanus Toxoid Injection |
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